My kids did an interesting find from a local second hand store. It’s unused childrens coloring book with A4 sized images of (black & white line-drawn) Finnish postage stamps from the 1980’s and 1990’s.
Published on June 16th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
Here’s a rundown of recent cards and covers received from US. My compliments to Jeff and Larry ( both stamp exchange partners of mine) for sending these.
Published on June 12th 2009 | Read more.... | 6 Comments »
Personally I like the so called personalized postage stamps, but I hate to see them getting “overcommercial” aspects. Below are two sets of stamps both illustrating Idols winners. The first stamp set is from Finland, the latter from US.
Published on March 2nd 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »
And to end this weeks US special, I will share a picture of a miscut 8 cent 1971 Eisenhower booklet stamp (Michel#1032D, Scott#1395a).
Published on February 20th 2009 | Read more.... | 2 Comments »
Color errors are one of those things where one can never be sure if it’s real thing or a changeling. Below is 1997 US Christmas greeting stamp (Michel #2902BD,Scott#3177) with red color missing. The result is strikingly looking like “raw berries”.
Published on February 19th 2009 | Read more.... | No Comments »
Below are few scans of postally used modern US stamp high values. Once again, tough these are not highly valuable, they are suprisingly hard to come by. I’ve received these from a friend of mine who orders auction catalogues from United States as a printed matter.
Published on February 18th 2009 | Read more.... | 1 Comment »
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